Cloud Height

The height of your clouds has an impact on the appearance of your sky. Greater heights will result in smaller, more distant cloud formations, as well as a thicker band of haze at the horizon. Lower heights result in larger, more languorous cloud formations and a thinner band of haze at the horizon. The Cloud Height controls in the Sky & Fog palette let you interactively set the height of the cloud layer in the sky.

There are two things to remember when working with this control.

First, the Cloud Height will affect the size of your Haze band if you have a haze setting greater than zero. The higher the altitude, the wider the haze region will be on the horizon.

Second, remember to lower your altitude setting if you are creating a nighttime scene. Since high altitudes increase the size of the horizon Haze region, the sky will be too unnaturally bright for realistic night scenes.

To set cloud height:

1. If it's not already visible, display the Sky & Fog palette by clicking the Sky & Fog button at the top of the Bryce window.
   
   
2. Drag horizontally inside the Cloud Height control thumbnail. Drag left to decrease altitude and right to increase it.
   
   
   
   The cloud height value is displayed in the Display Text Area of the Control palette as you drag.
   
   

You can also set the cloud height on the Cloud Cover tab in the Sky Lab.

Examples:

• Cloud Height = 10%
  
  
• Cloud Height = 90%
  
  

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